PSPWPI015Advise on work health and safety (WHS) legislative frameworks

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What an assessment for PSPWPI015 must cover

42 assessable components: 4 elements (16 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 18 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Source and identify legislative frameworks relevant to WHS.

  • 1.1Source WHS legislation and other sources relevant to own organisation’s jurisdiction and operations.
  • 1.2Identify and confirm application of framework to own job role and policies and procedures of own organisation.
  • 1.3Locate and confirm in legislation the duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties.
  • 1.4Determine legal requirements relevant to WHS in the workplace.

2 Communicate changes in legislative frameworks.

  • 2.1Monitor current WHS legislation and other sources relevant to the organisation’s jurisdiction and operations, to identify changes, amendments and emerging issues which impact own organisation and operations.
  • 2.2Communicate changes, amendments and emerging issues in legislation in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
  • 2.3Seek advice from legal advisers and other sources where necessary.

3 Provide advice on compliance with WHS legislative frameworks.

  • 3.1Identify own limits when providing advice to ensure that advice provided to others is appropriate to own job responsibilities and functions.
  • 3.2Seek advice from, or refer matters to, legal advisers and others in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
  • 3.3Provide advice to individuals or parties internal or external to the organisation about compliance with WHS and other relevant legislation.
  • 3.4Provide advice about the functions, powers and exercise of powers of WHS Inspectors and other relevant regulators.
  • 3.5Establish and maintain records in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

4 Evaluate workplace compliance with WHS legislative frameworks.

  • 4.1Assess workplace compliance with WHS and other relevant legislation.
  • 4.2Advise on requirements to achieve WHS compliance in a workplace.
  • 4.3Identify WHS training needs based on assessment.
  • 4.4Provide a report to the workplace which records issues identified, and advice provided to ensure that evaluation of actions taken on the basis of advice given can be verified in the future.

Performance evidence

  • provide advice to an:
  • internal stakeholder
  • external workplace
  • refer an issue for legal advice and identify how that advice was used
  • provide a workplace inspection report.

Knowledge evidence

  • sources of information about WHS and related legislation
  • objectives and principles underpinning WHS and related legislation
  • relevant sections of Commonwealth and State or Territory WHS Acts, regulations, codes of practice, standards, guidance material and other instruments including:
  • duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties
  • functions and powers of the WHS regulator, and how they are exercised
  • relationship between:
  • relevant WHS acts
  • regulations
  • codes of practice
  • standards
  • guidance material
  • other legislation relevant to WHS
  • organisational policies and procedures, and codes of conduct relating to:
  • the role of an WHS inspector or adviser
  • consultation and participation processes including record keeping and reporting requirements
  • work health and safety information systems (WHSIS) or other workplace information systems relating to the management and processes of WHS implementation in a workplace
  • workplace policies, procedures, activities, processes and systems to support and promote compliance with WHS and related legislation.
  • systematic approaches to managing and complying with WHS legislation.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills to:: interpret legislative requirements.
  • Numeracy skills to:: schedule compliance activities in accordance with required timeframes and parameters.
  • Technology skills to:: use information systems relevant to accessing legislation and related documents, including updates and amendments.

Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

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Questions about assessing PSPWPI015

What does an assessment tool for PSPWPI015 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PSPWPI015 needs to address all 42 unit components: 4 elements with 16 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 18 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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